EP0922992A3 - Optical pulse compressor for optical communications systems - Google Patents

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EP0922992A3
EP0922992A3 EP98309842A EP98309842A EP0922992A3 EP 0922992 A3 EP0922992 A3 EP 0922992A3 EP 98309842 A EP98309842 A EP 98309842A EP 98309842 A EP98309842 A EP 98309842A EP 0922992 A3 EP0922992 A3 EP 0922992A3
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Gadi Lenz
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/365—Non-linear optics in an optical waveguide structure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/005—Optical devices external to the laser cavity, specially adapted for lasers, e.g. for homogenisation of the beam or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
    • H01S3/0057—Temporal shaping, e.g. pulse compression, frequency chirping

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In accordance with the invention, an optical pulse compressor comprises a pulse source (10), a section of nonlinear optical waveguide (11) including a periodic structure such as Bragg grating (12), for providing positive dispersion and a section of linear optical waveguide (13) including a negative dispersion component (14). The nonlinear waveguide should have a second order index N2 at least ten times the second order index N2' of the linear waveguide. The nonlinear waveguide is preferably chalcogenide fiber, with a Bragg grating photoinduced into the core. Because the grating is 4-5 orders of magnitude more dispersive than standard optical fiber, the length of the nonlinear waveguide section can be scaled down to a few centimeters with accompanying reduction of deleterious processes. Modeling suggests that compression factors of 5 with an initial 60 ps pulse are achievable with grating lengths of about 20 cm.
EP98309842A 1997-12-11 1998-12-01 Optical pulse compressor for optical communications systems Expired - Lifetime EP0922992B1 (en)

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